Regression in Safari 17 (responsive design mode)

[TRT1968]

Still there... just drag the sides in responsive mode. (no Xcode or simulator needed)

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Great! Now, where can I store these and quickly flick through them with a single press of a button?

 

[redheeler]

Yikes. My iMac is low on storage space and doesn't have enough space to install Xcode. Thanks for the warning.

 

[capegreg]

This regression destroyed my productivity. I don't want an iOS simulator when I only need to test CSS media query breakpoints on Safari. When I test my iOS devices, I'll do it through Xcode.

I created a Stackoverflow for this. Please visit and be heard.

Safari Regression or Slaughter? Responsive Design Mode

After updating to macOs 14.1.1 Sonoma, Safari Responsive Design Mode is gone. The only option is to choose an ios simulator. Prior to update, Safari Develop "Enter Responsive Design Mode"

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[capegreg]

Trying to think of or understand the rationale behind this change. Could the rendering be more exact using a Simulator? If so, and I doubt it would be, does that really matter? Do we all use this basically to test breakpoints?

Regardless, they have done this to lighten the workload of the Safari developer tools team (let's say between 1 and 100 people, bit i have no idea) and have instead decided to waste the time, energy, bandwidth and electricity of every user of this feature across the entire world.

Yes, my productivity is shot right now. I can't even get the simulators to connect to our test server without it complaining about the SSL cert.

 

[capegreg]

I've submitted a feature request to see if we can get it back.

Could you share the link? I would like to support this request, too. Thanks.

 

[msephton]

Could you share the link? I would like to support this request, too. Thanks.

You should file a duplicate feedback